I’ve been feeling uncreative and unproductive lately. A lot of times I will watch television, read, or play games when I come home. I’d prefer to also make things/create something. I didn’t end up completing the creativity boot campI mentioned previously. This weekend, I discovered hitRECord, and felt even guiltier about my lack of creativity. Fortunately, I’ve been able to use it to push myself to learn new things, and create new things.

I worked through my Java book for an hour this evening. I didn’t get through the first chapter, but I’m hoping that working through at this pace, and handwriting everything will help me learn it better. I then completed days 1 and 2 of the creativity boot camp challenges. I decided to post the results to hitRECord because I like the site so much, and because I feel like it’s good to do reasonable things that are slightly outside of my comfort zone (I definitely fear people judging me).

I went walking in what will be my new neighborhood today. I was pleased to realize there’s a park just a couple blocks away. It’s not very big; it has a swing set, some playground equipment with slides, a basketball court, and an area for grilling. It’s still nice to have a park within easy walking distance. Interestingly, various groups can “adopt the park,” (which I’m assuming has something to do with cleaning up trash) and one of the adoptive groups for this park is the NWA Filipino American group. I didn’t know we had one, how cool!

I already knew I’d be less than a mile from a grocery store, but I’ll also be less than a mile away from an optometrist, a dentist, a health clinic, and several banks. I’m excited to move.

Even though I would have a late start, I’m considering participating in Creativity Boot Camp, with writing being my medium. If I get up the gumption to join in the fun, I’ll be sure to post my creations here. Anyone else who’s interested should participate too! I know a lot of people are using photography as their medium, but as far as I know, anything goes.